Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol · Oct 2016
Trends in dental-related emergency department visits in the State of California from 2005 to 2011.
Objectives of this study were to provide trends in hospital-based emergency department (ED) visits involving dental conditions in California and to identify clinical and patient characteristics associated with these trends. ⋯ The number and rate of visits to the ED for dental-related problems has increased substantially in recent years in California. A large proportion of these patients are uninsured and those covered by Medicaid.